Kukla's Korner Hockey

The Blue Jackets are at it again.
As the Jackets gear up for their sixth NHL season, the buzz around Nationwide Arena — mostly from the suits and broadcasters — is a certain "P" word that seems to pop up every September, only to be a distant memory once the puck has been dropped a few times in October.
That word? Playoffs....
And lots of preseason publications have the Blue Jackets making the postseason, meaning the front-office folks might not be too far off.
We shall see. In the short term, getting out of the hockey basement might be a more reasonable goal than making the jump into the NHL’s elite.